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Isotope Separator On Line RIB

target 238U

fission products

Ion SourcePost-

accelerator

Radioactive Ion Beam

E-Linace- γ

tantalumconverter

50 MeV, 100 kW cw Superconducting Electron LinacBased on 1.3 GHz , 2K, SRF technology

Scheme of photo-fission production of RIB in ANURIB

Injector to be tested at VECC Salt Lake Campus

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• High beam current is more important than high energy

• Present Target technology : 100 kW power handling capacity

•50 MeV, 100 kW (2 mA) – optimum for RIB production

238U Photo-fission cross-section as a function of γ-ray energy & Bremsstrahlung energy distribution

Fission yield per watt electronpower saturates at ~ 50 MeV

Courtesy SPIRAL-II Electron Option Courtesy SPIRAL-II Electron Option

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Production of Neutron-rich RIB using photo-fission of actinide targets

IRIB = Iγ . Ntarget . σfission . Efficiency Factor

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Layout of 10 MeV Injector being installed in

e-Linac test area at VECC Kolkata

300 kV gun LEBT ICM Output energy 10 MeV

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Injector Cryo Module (ICM) built in collaboration with TRIUMF Canada

Being developed at TRIUMF for both the institutes

4K-2K converter

beam

VECC Injector Cryo-Module at TRIUMF

9-cell Niobium cavity made at Pavac, Canada

VECC ICM waiting for dressed cavity in Nov. 2015

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VECC Injector Cryo-Module during beam tests at TRIUMF, Oct 2016

VECC ICM

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Beam successfully accelerated in VECC Injector Cryo-Module

Einj MeV 0.3

Iinj ; duty factor mA 0.10 ; 0.5%

Eout MeV 9.89

Input power kW 10.1 (CW)

Eacc MV/m 10.6

Beam accelerated to 9.9 MeV on Oct 28, 2016

Pure Helium Tank

Impure Helium Tank

Liq. Helium Plant(first floor)

Compressor room(ground floor)

Linear accelerator (ground floor)

e-Linac test area is being set-up in one of the experimental caves of K130 Cyclotron

Liquid Helium plant

500 W, 235 l/hr